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Newcomer to the calypso arena, Gael \u201cTrilla G\u201d Jno.Baptiste who made history this morning after capturing the Calypso monarch title, calls for the calypso genre to be revolutionized.<\/p>\n
The 23-year-old made the statement during a live interview with the media shortly after his win.<\/p>\n
\u2018Trilla G\u2019 beat nine other competitors with his two powerful songs \u2018Dick Taylor Ship\u2019 and \u2018De Boy Cut\u2019 at a show held at the Windsor Park Sports Stadium Forecourt on Saturday night.<\/p>\n
\u201cPeople keep saying that I am young and I may be the future of calypso, I consider myself to be one of the bright stars in calypso\u2026,\u201d Trilla G said. \u201cBut I think we can revolutionize the calypso genre a little bit more, bring it back to what it used to be before, and try to create albums so that people can play at any time.\u201d<\/p>\n
He continued, \u201cI do not want calypso to be a genre that is dead after Tewey Vaval.<\/p>\n
Trilla G said\u00a0 \u2018De Boy Cut\u2019, the song he released on the night of the finals, gave him the edge in the competition.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a song that was written to understand it at the moment,\u201d he stated. \u201cI listened to my team and I had a very strong team that was behind me supporting me and they advised me not to release the song.<\/p>\n
He described the song as one that someone can enjoy in the moment, \u201cand we put a presentation together and that is why we went ahead with that strategy and clearly it worked.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMy music is about sending a message and that is what I basically came into calypso to do and anything else was just an added bonus,\u201d he indicated.<\/p>\n
When asked about his experience being on stage with veteran calypsonians, he said \u201cI was just enjoying the fact that I was rubbing shoulders with some of the best entertainers in Dominica.\u201d<\/p>\n
He encouraged those who want to use their talent to do so in order to make a statement and create an impact.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I just started in the calypso arena people said I came from Bouyon,\u201d he explained. \u201cI just stuck to it and worked hard. I believe if anybody decides to put their mind on something and work hard towards it they will set a standard for themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n
Trilla G added, \u201cYou can accomplish anything in life.\u201d<\/p>\n
When asked what\u2019s next for Trilla G, His response was to continue working on songs or projects.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou never know in the years to come I can release another calypso song or a single or maybe even an album,\u201d he hinted. \u201cThat is the plan and that\u2019s the goal.\u201d<\/p>\n
The first runner-up position went to nine-time calypso monarch,\u00a0 Dennison \u201cDice\u201d Joseph, second runner-up Chester \u201cDaddy Chess\u201d Letang, while Daryl \u201cDe Bobb\u201d Bobb secured the third runner-up spot.<\/p>\n
The other competitors were; Tasha \u201cTasha P\u201d Peltier, Jamal \u201cBlack Diamond\u201d Lloyd, Phael \u201cDe Healer\u201d Lander, Don\u2019Tre\u00a0 \u201cMighty D\u201d Lockhart, and the 2020 Calypso Monarch Jude\u201d King Jaydee\u201d Delauney.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Newcomer to the calypso arena, Gael \u201cTrilla G\u201d Jno.Baptiste who made history this morning after capturing the Calypso monarch title, calls for the calypso genre to be revolutionized. The 23-year-old made the statement during a live interview with the media…","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":299198,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","footnotes":""},"categories":[68,321,77,235,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-299197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-carnival","category-carnival-2023","category-homepage","category-homepage-carousel","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n